...Like most other Republicans, Mr. Romney sets out a target of returning federal spending to around 20% of the economy by the end of his first term. That's in line with the modern historic average and down from the Obama heights of 24%-25%...

...To get there, Mr. Romney says he'll apply a simple cost-benefit test across the government: "Is this program so critical, so essential, that we should borrow money from China to pay for it?..."

In response to the question "Number of dependents", I replied: "12 million
illegal immigrants; 3 million crack-heads; 42 million unemployable lazy
bastards; the entire cast of the Jerry Springer Show; 2 million people in
over 243 prisons; 300,000 leftovers from Katrina; half of Mexico; and 535
more in the U.S. House and Senate."